Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 & Tragic Overture
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Gergiev produces a gripping, architecturally secure account of the First Symphony: his rather ponderous tempo for the first-movement Allegro imparts a sort of baleful inevitability to its progress,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week14th October 2013
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Valéry Gergiev
I. Un poco sostenuto – Allegro
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
IV. Adagio – Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Valéry Gergiev
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Valéry Gergiev
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio non troppo
III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino)
IV. Allegro con spirito
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Valéry Gergiev
I. Thema - Chorale St. Antoni - Andante
II. Variation I, Poco più animato
III. Variation II, Più vivace